Evaluation of the Components of the North Carolina Syndromic Surveillance System Heat Syndrome Case Definition.

CONCLUSIONS: Revising the heat syndrome case definition through the use of additional inclusion and exclusion criteria substantially improved the accuracy of the surveillance system. Other jurisdictions may benefit from refining their heat syndrome case definition. PMID: 28692389 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28692389?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Reports - July 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research

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